Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 1996/07

From: "Jeroen T. Salm" <jtsalm@-----.NL>
Subj: Re: Simple question
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 05:37:49 -0400

At 00:16 5-07-96 -0400, fred cicetti wrote:
>> I'd be curious to know how other Klarinetists finger a slur from
>> clarion B to C# and back to B.
>
>Lifting the thumb, as suggested, is one way albeit out of tune and a bit out
>of tone. (Dare I say "bright")
>
>For trill, try this: fingering 'b' touch the A-flat key with your left hand
>first finger. A little awkward, but it can be simplified if you rest your
>bell on your knees and trill the A-flat key with your right hand provided you
>have enough time afterwards to move it back to position! Okay, unorthodox, I
>know. Forget I mentioned it!
>
>Use the side c#. e.i. finger t-r c plus two right hand side trill keys.
> This is okay for soft passages. The advantage is it avoids the break,
>keeping the c# in the 3rd partial with the b and thus matching their tone
>qualities. Careful with the pitch.

There is another one, I use(d) in Nielsen concerto (slow part):
c#''': play c''' and add second right trill key (so: the one above the Eb/Bb
right- side trill key). It's awkward: but use the tip (instead of side) of
your finger (right index). In the Nielsen concerto it is perfect (i.e.: the
sound/color and pitch). It isn't B-C#-B (as asked in your simple question),
but in there it's: C#'''-B''-C#'''-B''-A''.

I have to mention that I play Wurlitzer Reform-Boehm, so I do not know if it
is an OK fingering on a French Boehm...most likely it works on both systems
the same...

Jeroen T. Salm
(The Netherlands)
jtsalm@-----.nl